[New-Poetry] British Library Conference Centre

[Anny Ballardini]

*'Of the people, by the people, for the people': Abraham Lincoln's Legacy in
the 21st Century.*



*Monday 9 February 2009 *

*18:30-20:00  British Library Conference Centre*

Abraham Lincoln, America's 'Great Emancipator', was born 200 years ago this
month. He led the USA through a civil war, and paid for with his life for
his stand on the issues that divided the nation. The issues of freedom,
equality, enfranchisement, engagement and discrimination continue to be
critically important to the modern citizen, and a transatlantic panel of
speakers will discuss the nature of these challenges in today's political
world



On the stage will be

*Roger Wilkins*, civil rights activist, former assistant attorney general,
Pulitzer Prize winner with Woodward, Bernstein and Herblock for the *Washington
Post's* Watergate coverage, and author of books including*  Jefferson's
Pillow:The Founding Fathers & the Dilmma of Black Patriotism*.

*Charles Bullock*, Richard Russell Professor of Political Science at Georgia
University and pre-eminent scholar of the politics of the southern states.
He has served as consultant to more than 70 state and local governments, and
has been involved in statewide redistricting litigation in a dozen states.

*Tony Badger*, Mellon Professor of American History & Master of Clare
College, Cambridge, and author of many books and articles, including *FDR:
The First Hundred Days,* and*  New Deal/New South*.

And in the chair, *Allan Little*, BBC special correspondent



 Presented by the Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library
and supported by the US Embassy.

*Tickets (£6; £4 concessions) from
**http://boxoffice.bl.uk/*<http://boxoffice.bl.uk/>
*, or (0)1937 546546, or onsite at the British Library information desk.*


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Anny Ballardini
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